Unmaking of Shane Carruth Pt. 1 | Case File #69 - a podcast by Boy Genius

He created some of the most inventive films in history, but his continued struggles with Hollywood would lead to a dark, self-destructive spiral. In the early 2000s, a software engineer from Texas decided to spend $7,000 making an independent film about time travel called 'Primer.' The movie would go on to win at the Sundance film festival and become a huge cult hit. He would go on to spend the next 20 years struggling to get more of his films made - with increasing frustrations with the Hollywood system and their lack of support of his ideas. He made more films, and wrote some that would ultimately never see the light of day, but eventually his growing bitterness and resentment towards a world and an industry that rejected him would cause a dark and unforgivable downward spiral. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we dive into the life and times and unmade masterpieces of Shane Carruth.
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Further resources:
Watch Primer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A7fCKM4ERA
Explanation of Primer time travel loop explained with visuals here: https://youtu.be/tUzy-xPf0MI
Read 'A Topiary' here: https://indiegroundfilms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/a-topiary-numbered.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1L5YwYfvVmL71P1zWcVGBfzL1T7Y7y2XGlrguOo9hCs2p70972OKiXAKI
'A Topiary' Sizzle Reel: https://vimeo.com/23608364
If you want to watch 'Upstream Color' in anticipation of next week's episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e7SgOEMymw
And if you're truly a crazy person and want to read Carruth's other un-produced script 'The Modern Ocean' before we discuss it on next week's episode: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xunl7kkmnvccgl/TheModernOcean_for_Steven.pdf?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR1O4KGwehJDfjuaCk-oB63QTiP3FmJRx4J6mqg31MF_9y1nsW65s6DQu7g
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